Newspaper clamp



1.1. NEWMAN ET AL.

NEWSPAPER CLAMP.

FILED JUNE 24,1922.

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Patented dan. d,

NEVSLAPER CLAIM?.

Application :tiled rTune 2e,

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that we, JOHN J. Newman `and LLOYD L. Nnwiirnn, citizens ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Rockwood, in the 5 county of Somerset andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin lilewspaper Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe present invention relates to improvements in paper clamps and hasfor an object to provide a simple and inexpensive device adapted forattachment to newspapers, blue prints, specifications and other papersorthe like in which numbers of sheets are to be held securely togetheragainst accidental detachment and for ready folding so as to give accessto inner sheets without creasing at the fold.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a device for the abovepurpose in which the article may be stamped conveniently and quicklyfrom spring metal or other appropriate material and bent to shape in twooperations; wherein `the device is so constructed and shaped as topermit of being readily attached to a sheaf of papers and lhaving aresilient binding engagement therewith such as to oppose successfullyany tendency to pull the clamp from the papers in any other directionthan a longitudinal movement` coinciding with the edges of the papersheets.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects iu view, the invention will bedescribed more S5 particularly in the following descrip tion and will beset forth in detail in the appended claims.

lin the drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like or correspondingparts through Figure l is a plan view of a newspaper showing appliedthereto an improved clamp constructed according to the presentinvention. y

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional viewy taken through the clamp andthrough a number of sheets of papers held thereby, and showing onemethod of folding the. sheets upon the clamp.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the improved clamp.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectiontaken on l the line 4-4 in Figure 2.Figure 5 is an end view of the device, and

Figure is a side view with a central por-f 1922. Serial llo. 570,715.

tion brolrenl away showing a suspending ring.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the improved clamp consistsof a piece of sheet material rolled substantially into a cylinder 7having its longitudinal free edges 8 and 9 slightly overlapped.

The material of which the clamp is made is preferably thin resilientsteel although other metal or material may be found well suited to thepurpose, particularly celluloid. rllhe end portions of the cylinder 'i'are mutually curved as represented at l() and ll., inclining toward theoverlapped parts 8 and 9 and forming jaws to guide theedges of the paperinto the clamp. Moreover as most clearly shown in Figures l and 6 theend portions of the cylinder are drawn outwardly or flared as at l2 toavoid coming in contact with the paper or cutting or doing other injurythereto.

ln Figure 6 we have illustrated the device as equipped with a ring oreye 13 split as at la and inserted through openings l5 and l@ made inthe central upper portion of the clamp cylinder. The ring affords anexcellent means for suspending the clamp upon a nail or hoolr extendingfrom a wall and in this connection the device will be found appropriatefor the holding of calendar sheets.

ln Figure l the improved clamp is shown in place upon the newspaper 17.rllhe clamp will normally occupy a position substan-` tially centrallyof the sheet and in this position it will reinforce and back the pagesof the paper thereby enabling the reader to fold the sheets baclrwardlyupon themselves giving access to the interior of the paper withoutencountering crinkling of the sheets along the fold line. rlhisdifficulty is found particularly in railway trains or in other windyplaces. We have also indicated in dotted lines in Figure l the clamp ashaving been moved to a lower position upon the paper, thisto enable thenewspaper to be folded upon the transverse line 18. The paper may thusbe folded or rolled up and placed in the pocket without having toentirely detach the clamp therefrom. However, if desired the clamp maybe removed and placed in the pocket. lt will not be 1nconvenient nortroublesome to carry any more so than a lead pencil or fountain pen.

As the clamp is slipped over the edges of the sheets, due to theoverlapping parts 8 and 9 the paper will be given a tendency to curlWithin the hollow Cylinder and the parts 8 and 9 will be pried apartslightly, creating pressure upon the sheets due to the elasticityinherent in the metal. Furth@- more the construction and disposition oithe overlapped edges is such that any tendency to pull the clamp fromthe sheets at right angles to the edges of the sheets will develop anextremely strong resilient aetion in the clamp tending to bind thepapers more closely therein, ln this Way any attempt Will besuccessfully resisted to Withdraw the clamp in any other than thelongitudinal sliding' niet7 nient and this will be relatively easy forthe user in attaching` end removing the clamp but the frictionalengagement will be such as to avoid the clamp casually Creeping alongthe edge oil the paper.

It will be appreciated from the Yleregroing that We here provided enimproved clamp suitable for binding pepers of any cha-:meter 'togetherand for allowing` the sheets to be folded Without difiieultyr erinlling;or creasing. The improved clamp is made 'from relatively inexpensivematerial inyolvinsg in its manuiaeture but tno (nie/rations so that theresultant product is economical and may be sold in the market at siirill cost.

W e have shown and described a preferred and satisfactory constructionbut it is oh- Vious that Various changes and .modifications might beinade and We Wish it underl. A clamp comprising; a resilient sheet.

nietal body rolled into subsliiniizilly tubular longitudinal edgreportions )pod a distance sniiivienl only' u the oposiie :Sides oil nninterheet and with the .inn/r" body in biting ei; gement wherebyvinereaf" nii-nr: the sheet isi/resisted b5 a nrojior innere vnnibiniffistance et the orerlaining edges again s circumferential as nell rznlia':seneraiiiiin.

A clamp compris :i resilien vheei metal body rolled inV rn i'ifiiljfinbniaf' forni with its longitudinal oder pi'(1i ,\n.-1 slightlyoverlapped a distanre sniivien onlir to bind against the oposi sidesoi1V :in inferF posed sheet and with the inner edge of the body inbiting' engagement wil: the shew. whereby increasing tension lon'ithd-izin' the sheet is i'esif-:ted by :i nroportionale wnnbinw!resistance of the overlapping); edges n :lninsl eircinn'lferential :iswell 11s redini senni'idinxn seid longitudinal edge portions being;`round` ed oli7 at the end of the tube body to provide Haring month 'lorthe reception of the sheet, and said tube body ha e; nnobstrinfled onits entire exterior ifmil'oldingx the sheet thereabont.

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